DISCLAIMER: Do I own it? No! REVIEW! It's the season where I get what I want! BOW! Sorry. I do not own Harry Potter. If I did, Harry would be the next Dark Lord.
"So, Luna… it's the Yule Ball… wanna go," asked Harry. His hands were in his pockets, and he couldn't look at her straight in the eye.
"Not really," Luna responded as she read The Quibbler. Luna knew that this must be a joke. 'Very funny', she thought dryly.
"Please? For me? I want to be… with you," here Harry blushed. He wasn't exactly the best person to explain his emotions.
"Are you propositioning me," demanded Luna in shock, her eyes looking at him in shock.
"What? No, I just wanna be… your… you know… boyfriend," Harry was blushing furiously now, realizing that he had said exactly what he had wanted to say.
"Why," asked Luna as her faced burned. Bitterly she thought, well, the humiliation is working.
"I like you. A lot," replied Harry honestly, letting out his breath.
"Oh," replied Luna stunned. He was good, she realized, he's a very good liar.
"So…," wondered Harry.
"Look! It's a Nargle," exclaimed Luna pointing at Harry's head.
"Really? Yikes," replied Harry as he brushed his head.
"Harry… there is no Nargle," Luna shook her head slowly, wondering if Harry was being a prankster or actually wanted her to got the ball with him.
"I know," Harry replied shyly.
"Then why…," wondered Luna in confusion and slight excitement.
"Why do I pretend? Like I said, 'I like you'," replied Harry honestly.
"Why? I'm just the crazy girl. Loony Luna Lovegood," protested Luna bitterly.
"Luna…. You aren't crazy. You're you. And I… I like you. A lot," admitted Harry, blushing an even deeper shade of red.
"That's nice," replied Luna rudely. Her face had reddened as well.
"Luna… will you go with me, to the Yule Ball," Harry asked again hopefully.
"I suppose so," replied Luna slowly.
"You will! Oh thank you! Luna I lov- er….," Harry stopped, shocked at what he had almost said aloud.
"Harry… you… do you love me," demanded Luna. Her heart was slowing, wondering what he'd say.
"I think so," breathed Harry. Luna's heart seemed to have stopped beating.
"Oh… oh Harry," replied Luna sadly. She looked at Harry in sadness.
"What," asked Harry, afraid of her answer.
"I can't… I can't be with you," Luna stated blithely. "I'm sorry"
"What? Why," asked Harry, his heart beating, his vision and mind going blank with rejection.
"Ginny. She's my friend, but she likes you," replied Luna. Harry saw red for a moment, but calmed down and realized Luna's reason.
"You don't want to alienate her," he asked shrewdly.
"Exactly." Luna looked away from him in embarrassment.
"I see." Harry was sad, and his eyes were slowly filling with the stinging tears of rejection.
"Harry, I am rather flattered of course, but she really is my only friend." Harry screamed that he was her friend in his head.
"Okay. Luna… will you go to the Yule Ball with me, as a friend?" Harry looked at her expectantly, his tears drying.
"Well, I suppose that would work," replied Luna smirking.
"Good. So, I'll meet you in the Great Hall?" Harry was happy. He was going to be with Luna- as a friend true, but he would still be with her.
"Yes." Luna replied. Secretly she was excited and even a little scared. Scared about Ginevra Weasley and scared of being with Harry.
"Okay, thank you Luna." Harry smiled at Luna warmly and walked away.
"Your… welcome." Luna watched him walk away, wondering why her emotions were brewing so much.
Ray Merry Holidays everyone!
"So, Luna… it's the Yule Ball… wanna go," asked Harry. His hands were in his pockets, and he couldn't look at her straight in the eye.
"Not really," Luna responded as she read The Quibbler. Luna knew that this must be a joke. 'Very funny', she thought dryly.
"Please? For me? I want to be… with you," here Harry blushed. He wasn't exactly the best person to explain his emotions.
"Are you propositioning me," demanded Luna in shock, her eyes looking at him in shock.
"What? No, I just wanna be… your… you know… boyfriend," Harry was blushing furiously now, realizing that he had said exactly what he had wanted to say.
"Why," asked Luna as her faced burned. Bitterly she thought, well, the humiliation is working.
"I like you. A lot," replied Harry honestly, letting out his breath.
"Oh," replied Luna stunned. He was good, she realized, he's a very good liar.
"So…," wondered Harry.
"Look! It's a Nargle," exclaimed Luna pointing at Harry's head.
"Really? Yikes," replied Harry as he brushed his head.
"Harry… there is no Nargle," Luna shook her head slowly, wondering if Harry was being a prankster or actually wanted her to got the ball with him.
"I know," Harry replied shyly.
"Then why…," wondered Luna in confusion and slight excitement.
"Why do I pretend? Like I said, 'I like you'," replied Harry honestly.
"Why? I'm just the crazy girl. Loony Luna Lovegood," protested Luna bitterly.
"Luna…. You aren't crazy. You're you. And I… I like you. A lot," admitted Harry, blushing an even deeper shade of red.
"That's nice," replied Luna rudely. Her face had reddened as well.
"Luna… will you go with me, to the Yule Ball," Harry asked again hopefully.
"I suppose so," replied Luna slowly.
"You will! Oh thank you! Luna I lov- er….," Harry stopped, shocked at what he had almost said aloud.
"Harry… you… do you love me," demanded Luna. Her heart was slowing, wondering what he'd say.
"I think so," breathed Harry. Luna's heart seemed to have stopped beating.
"Oh… oh Harry," replied Luna sadly. She looked at Harry in sadness.
"What," asked Harry, afraid of her answer.
"I can't… I can't be with you," Luna stated blithely. "I'm sorry"
"What? Why," asked Harry, his heart beating, his vision and mind going blank with rejection.
"Ginny. She's my friend, but she likes you," replied Luna. Harry saw red for a moment, but calmed down and realized Luna's reason.
"You don't want to alienate her," he asked shrewdly.
"Exactly." Luna looked away from him in embarrassment.
"I see." Harry was sad, and his eyes were slowly filling with the stinging tears of rejection.
"Harry, I am rather flattered of course, but she really is my only friend." Harry screamed that he was her friend in his head.
"Okay. Luna… will you go to the Yule Ball with me, as a friend?" Harry looked at her expectantly, his tears drying.
"Well, I suppose that would work," replied Luna smirking.
"Good. So, I'll meet you in the Great Hall?" Harry was happy. He was going to be with Luna- as a friend true, but he would still be with her.
"Yes." Luna replied. Secretly she was excited and even a little scared. Scared about Ginevra Weasley and scared of being with Harry.
"Okay, thank you Luna." Harry smiled at Luna warmly and walked away.
"Your… welcome." Luna watched him walk away, wondering why her emotions were brewing so much.
Ray Merry Holidays everyone!